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Click for PDF https://youtu.be/DL4PEfHXEC0 Geopolitical tensions and strategic competition between the United States and China have increasingly influenced the investment landscape in recent years, implicating established regulatory frameworks such as that of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), as well as driving non-traditional government actors to take action.  Recently, plans to […]

by Edward Wong and Amy Qin https://youtu.be/NfqbXkEOVYA Tina Wong, Vice President representing the interests of Foreign Service officers at the American Foreign Service Association, in Washington, Dec. 21, 2023. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) When Thomas Wong set foot in the United States Embassy in Beijing over the summer for a new diplomatic posting, it

  Editorial Note Elected officials and community leaders are gathering at the Torch of Friendship in Miami on December 16th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM to oppose unconstitutional legislation, such as SB 264 and SB 846, targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPl) and other communities. They are rallying against property bans, penalties, and

  Editorial Note Elected officials and community leaders are gathering at the Torch of Friendship in Miami on December 16th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM to oppose unconstitutional legislation, such as SB 264 and SB 846, targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPl) and other communities. They are rallying against property bans, penalties, and

To address barriers that racialized women with non-native accents experience in the Canadian workplace, we need to understand what kinds of bias they face. (Shutterstock) by Ivona Hideg, Samantha Hancock, and Winny Shen   Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to language and accent discrimination, as immigrants often

By Wesley Wark   The white-hot urgency which once attended the issue of creating a foreign interference registry (sometimes impolitely referred to as a “foreign agent” registry) seems to have vanished from political and media agendas. That may not be a bad thing. Complex issues are rarely well solved by such insistent drumbeats. Creating a

By Tylor Anderson   On Nov 15, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, Minister Mary Ng stated that the resumption of trade talks with India hinges on their cooperation in investigating the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. The incident, occurring on June 18 in a Sikh temple

Please click here to sign the statement.    In the face of the urgent risk of losing the only two Chinese community social service centres in Québec, the Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal and the Centre Sino-Québec, the undersigned organizations are proud to participate in the Coalition to Save Chinese Québec Institutions (Coalition pour

The results are proof that voters “see through the scapegoating,” said EunSook Lee, director of the National AAPI Power Fund. By Kimmy Yam   A demonstrator holds a sign during an AAPI Rally Against Hate in New York City on March 21, 2021. Amir Hamja / Bloomberg via Getty Images   A new poll released on Wednesday

The study also found different generations respond to anti-Asian racism differently. By Vanessa Balintec Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Pak-Kei Wong couldn’t always tell when he was the victim of racism. He often questioned if he was a victim of bad luck or circumstance. Anti-Asian racism was hard to discern, he said, let alone prove.